FIELD TRIP READING & WRITING TOPICS AND TEXTS




(SP) indicates text is also in Spanish





1. For trips to forest preserves
Seeds and trees



http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe_sp/index.html
(SP)


Animal Adaptations


Reading A-Z Level B Animal Coverings

Reading A-Z Level C What Animals Eat

Reading A-Z level D Where Animals Live (SP)

Reading A-Z level F The Food Chain (SP)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/science_10_11.shtml
http://www.ecopibes.com/juegos/index.html



http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/education/teachers/curriculum/resources/#FifthSixth



READINGS IN A-Z Books:


Reading A-Z Level aa
It is Fall
Reading A-Z Level A
Pond Animals
Reading A-Z Level B
Pond Life (SP)
Reading A-Z Level C
Fall (SP)
Reading A-Z Level D
The Busy Pond
Reading A-Z level D
Where Plants Grow (SP)




Reading A-Z Level A
Spring Weather (SP)
Reading A-Z Level B
It is Spring (SP)
Reading A-Z Level B
Animals Can Move (SP)
Reading A-Z Level E
Places Plants and Animals Live
Reading A-Z Level E
The Four Seasons (SP)
Reading A-Z Level F
How Do They (Animals) Move? (SP)
Reading A-Z Level G
Animal Eyes (SP)
Reading A-Z Level G
Hibernation (SP)
Reading A-Z Level G
A Seed Grows (SP)



Spring words in English:


http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/english/label/spring/




2. For trips to the zoo

Reading A-Z book level aa
The Zoo (SP)
Reading A-Z Level A
Baby Animals (SP)
Reading A-Z Level C
What is at the Zoo(SP)



“El tamarino leon dorado vuelve a casa”

Lectura (5)
pp. 628-643


Brookfield Zoo http://www.czs.org/czs/Brookfield/Zoo-Home
Lincoln park Zoo http://www.lpzoo.com/

http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/Projects/Grade_1/Animals/

http://www.rif.org/assets/Documents/readingplanet/ReadAloud_Stories/zoo.html



http://www.kidspsych.org/ispy.html


Madrid Zoo (Sp) http://www.zoomadrid.com/


Zoo Web Plus (Sp)
http://www.zoowebplus.com/principal/index.html




3. For trips to the grocery store
Shopping stories
Reading A-Z Level D
To The Store(SP)
Lost in store stories
Saying how much things cost
Using how much/ how many
Reading A-Z level C
How Many(SP)
Labeling foods
Reading A-Z Level G
The Food We Eat (SP)
Like/ don’t like
Readin A-Z book Level A
What I Like (SP)
Reading A-Z level E
What’s For Dinner?
Calculating tax




4. For trips to the bank
Money terms in English:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/english/label/money/

Saving money for something-future plans
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/spanish/flash/ed_bank.swf
(SP)
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/spanish/flash/road_trip/road_trip.swf
(SP)

Allowances and spending plans
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/at_school/teachers/lesson.php?id=394&o=1
READINGS IN A-Z books:

Reading A-Z Level F
Needs and Wants (SP)
Reading A-Z Level C
We Count (SP)
Reading A-Z Level D
I Count 100 Things (SP)


5. For trips to the natural history museum

Children’s Museum in Argentina
http://www.museoabasto.org.ar/museo.php

Field Museum's Sue
[[http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/whoissue.aspField Museum's The|http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/whoissue.asp]]

Field Museum's The Evolving Planet exhibition
[[http://www.fieldmuseum.org/evolvingplanet/exhibition_1.aspField Museum's The|http://www.fieldmuseum.org/evolvingplanet/exhibition_1.asp]]

Field Museum's The Ancient Americas exhibition
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/ancientamericas/exhibition_1.asp

Spanish audio tour of Field Museum:
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/plan_visit/audio_tours.htm
(SP)
http://icom.museum/vlmp/

Ancient Egypt


http://funschool.kaboose.com/pdf/egypt1.pdf

The Ancient Americas- online tour of highlights (in English)


http://www.icarito.cl/icarito/enciclopedia/canal/canal/0,0,38035857_152309061,00.html
Ice Age Americans
Innovative Hunters-Gatherers
Farming Villagers
Powerful Leaders-Zapotec, Maya, Teotihuaca, Moche and Wari societies


http://www.mayadiscovery.com/ing/default.htm
Empire Builders-the Aztecs



6. For trips to the Elgin Museum


A simplified English history of Elgin
Elgin’s beginning

The History of Elgin.doc

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Reading A-Z Level D
Getting Around the City (SP)
Reading A-Z Level E
City Places (SP)
Elgin’s Architecture


http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/arch1/index.html
The Elgin Watch Factory
Hiawatha Pageant
Native American dances
Lectura 3.1 pp. 206-230 “Danzas indigenas” and “Arco iris bailarines”
Native American games
Reading A-Z Level B
Games We Play (SP)
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/woodtoday.html
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/Index.html
Elgin Road Races
Cars and car racing today


http://www.nascar.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/archives/2007/07/
Label a car:


http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/english/label/car/







7. For trips to Chicago
http://www.chicago.es/Navy Pier

Navy Pier.doc

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Magnificent Mile--cityscapes


http://www.chicagohistory.org/mychicago/index.html











National Museum of Mexican Art "Day of the Dead" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Mexican_Art

8. For trips to camp

Camp Edwards http://www.campedwards.org/
Camping vocabulary in English:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/english/label/camping/
Stories of camp






9. For family day picnics

Lords Park Family Day
Stories about picnics
Reading A-Z Level aa
Summer Picnics

Reading A-Z level B
The Picnic (SP)
Reading A-Z Level B
The Sandwich (SP)
Reading A-Z level B
We Make Cookies
Reading A-Z Level B
Bananas Sometimes (SP)
Reading A-Z Level C
Making Salsa
How to prepare a picnic lunch
Games and rules of games
Bison
Elk
Deer

10. For trips to the Pumpkin Farm

Pumpkin Teaching activities
http://www.teachingheart.net/apumpkinunit.html


Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch

42W813 Reinking Rd
Hampshire,Il 60140
http://www.pumpkinfarms.

11. For trips to the local theater

Willy Wonka Teacher Guide.doc

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12. For trips to the House of Blues
House of Blues Chicagp
329 N. Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60654
Tel: 312/ 923-2000

IHOBF-Chicago
Anna See

Program Coordinator

329 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312.923.2040
email: ihobfchicago@hob.com


Blues Schoolhouse
Programs include a guided tour of the extensive collection of HOB folk art. Students learn about folk art and individual folk artists through a discussion of artistic expression and some of the methods and materials used by self-taught artists.
Each Blues SchoolHouse session also includes a live musical presentation tracing the history of blues music from its roots in African musical traditions, through its emergence and evolution as a unique American folk music and its influence on other forms of popular contemporary music including jazz, R&B, rock and roll, soul, funk and rap. The performance demonstrates how the blues musical form was influenced by and reflects events in African American history including the Atlantic Slave Trade, the institution of slavery, emancipation, Jim Crow laws, the Great Migration and the Civil Rights Movement.
http://www.ihobf.org/programs/programs_bshFrameset.asp

2008-2009 field trips:

2007-2008 field trips